Love my 15-22, frustrated with new scope though

[Redbulladdikt]

very nice...clean....

 

[BIGMAC116]

I dial my scopes in by watching where the actual bullet goes. If you can fire into a shaded area, it's easy to see the trajectory of the round. If I see it go to the left and down, then I make the necessary adjustments. When it is roughly toward the crosshairs, then I'll move to paper and walk it in to the sweet spot.
I dialed in my BSA SWEET 22 scope today. The scope is BA. I Was getting one-hit-kills on dime sized "shoot n' c" stickers at 50 yards. Awesome.

 

[antifederalist22]

If looking for a modestly priced optic, go Bushnell--reputable name brand, otherwise buy once, cry once and get something else like a Nikon or a Redfield/Leupold or you could find yourself buying 2 or 3 low-end optics before you find the one you want, at which time you will be in as deep as you would have been buying better first.

 

[photoracer]

If this was the target I was using:

I would aim for the "3" that is above the red center dot and I'd hit dead center bullseye @ 10 yards. This would make me believe That the bullet is hitting low. I'd adjust elevation "up" on my scope, which is indicated by 1 click - 1/2" on it. I had the nut turned to the point where it wouldn't turn anymore and it bullet strikes would barely "move up" any.

I had to start aiming high center (1-2-3 from top center down) because the gun was shooting so low with the scope it wasn't striking paper. If I aimed for bullseye, I'd hit 3-4 towards the bottom (6 o'clock).

Am I doing this correctly?

First of all if your scope has been sighted at around 25 yards, depending on how high the sight is over the barrel, it will be shooting below the crosshairs inside 15 yards for sure. Remember that the barrel is below the sights so when you shoot the bullet has to rise to meet the scope crosshairs at the sight-in point. If that sightin distance is between 25-50 yards the bullet is rising all the way to hit your point of aim (POA). To get the gun to shoot essentially flat from 0-50 yards the sight must be right on top of the barrel, not the foregrip. Hard to do with anything except a pistol or revolver with a very low mounted sight (think iron sights or competition racegun optics). The drawback on low seated optics is the inability to get the sights on at long distances due to insufficient height to get enought elevation into the scope to account for the extreme bullet drop. So on rifle mounted rails they usually come in different heights to cover both close range shooting (a 0 MOA rail) verses long range shooting (a 20 MOA rail). That is one reason the open tactical sights sit higher than the rail they are mounted on, to allow adjustment at the longer ranges. Their built in height is close to the 20 MOA point of a bolt action rifle. For shorter distances you usually have to use Kentucky windage. For something shooting .22 LR you should sight it in at 50 yards. It will still shoot right close to the bullseye at 25 yards but below that you will need to aim high to allow for the bullet rise from the barrel.